Hybrid Cloud Access Service for Usage-Based Costing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Private cloud computing systems face limitations in accessing applications published in public clouds due to strict access control, and implementing usage-based cost structures is challenging without access to usage data.
Innovation Solution
An access service in the public cloud interfaces with a connection service in the private cloud, exposing public cloud resources and facilitating data upload, allowing private clouds to publish applications and implement usage-based cost structures while maintaining access control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If strict access control is implemented in private cloud, then security and data protection are improved, but access to public cloud applications and usage data is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an access service as an intermediary component that sits between the private cloud and public cloud. This access service receives requests from private cloud users, validates them against access control policies, and then facilitates access to public cloud applications and services. The intermediary approach allows the system to maintain strict access control while still enabling necessary access to external resources, resolving the contradiction between security and adaptability.
2Reliability
If private cloud is implemented with dedicated infrastructure, then security and control are improved, but cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the capabilities of private cloud and public cloud into a hybrid cloud architecture. By combining the security and control benefits of private cloud with the scalability and cost-effectiveness of public cloud, the system achieves reliable access control without requiring complete dedicated infrastructure. The hybrid approach allows organizations to maintain sensitive workloads privately while leveraging public cloud resources for less sensitive operations, thereby reducing overall infrastructure complexity and cost.
3Productivity
If usage-based cost structure is implemented, then cost efficiency is improved, but access to usage data is required which conflicts with access control
Solution Approach 1:
The access service acts as an intermediary that enables usage data collection for cost accounting purposes while maintaining access control. It captures usage information from private cloud operations, transmits it to public cloud for processing, and uses it to generate usage-based billing information. This intermediary mechanism allows the system to implement cost-efficient usage-based pricing models without compromising the security and access control policies of the private cloud.
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AI summary
Techniques for facilitating operations in hybrid cloud computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving, at a public cloud, a plurality of applications deployable in a private cloud and informing an access service of the public cloud computing system regarding the received applications deployable in the private cloud. The method also includes receiving, from a connection service of the private cloud, a request for a list of the received applications available at the public cloud and deployable in the private cloud. The method further includes in response to the received request, selectively identifying to the private cloud the list of applications based on a service subscription associated with the connection service.